PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: January 1998 North American Ice Storm, Asthma, Research Question

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2301
• Professor: Marina Milyavskaya

Document Summary

Individual differences in experiences: terms are vague, causal confounding. Individual differences: affects reporting of both hassles and outcomes, daily measures correct for this, stressful event measures, pros, uniform scoring based on number of events, easy to implement, cons. Lack of control: how stressed are we, one-item measures of stress, e. g. : statistics canada, canadian household health survey, subjective stress: uses. In conjunction with objective measure to determine role of appraisal: examine response to specific stressors, as predictor of health outcomes, as outcome, subjective stress: issues. Influence of individual differences: only about appraisal, causal confounding, biological approaches, cardiovascular, activation of ans, hpa axis, cortisol. In response to a stressor: biological measures: issues, logistical issues, equipment, handling samples, expensive, often invasive or burdensome. Inducing the common cold: more stress = more illness, can examine moderators of stress, stress in the lab. Imagine you have applied for your dream job.